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United States v. Lopez

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
4 F.4th 706 (2021)

Written by Nathan Benedict, JD

Facts

Wilfredo Lopez (defendant) was charged with various offenses stemming from online communications with an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl. When Lopez was arrested, he engaged in an 80-minute interview with law-enforcement officers in which he admitted to the communications. However, Lopez also made statements indicating that he knew that the person with whom he was communicating was a law-enforcement officer and that he continued the communications because he sought to be discharged from the military. At trial, the government introduced 10 clips from Lopez’s interview. Lopez objected, arguing that Federal Rule of Evidence 106 required either that the clips be excluded or that the entire interview be introduced. The trial court admitted the clips over Lopez’s objection. Lopez was convicted and appealed.

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